Method and device for switching a Wi-Fi connection
AssigneeOrange
InventorsJean-Michel Bonnamy, Olivier Rabin
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Abstract
A method for switching a connection of a mobile Wi-Fi station from a first access point of a plurality of Wi-Fi access points to a second access point of the plurality. The method includes: establishing a logic link between the station and a carrier of the station, on the basis of a comparison between a first position of the carrier and at least one value in relation to a signal transmitted by the station; performing a switching decision on the basis of a second position of the carrier.
Claims14
A method for switching a connection of a mobile Wi-Fi station from a first access point of a plurality of Wi-Fi access points to a second access point of the plurality of Wi-Fi access points, the method being implemented by a device and comprising:
- establishing a logic link between the station and a carrier of the station, on the basis of a comparison between a first position of the carrier and at least one value in relation to a signal transmitted by the station;
- performing a switching decision on the basis of a second position of the carrier;
- and
- maintaining the connection of the mobile Wi-Fi station to the first access point or switching the connection of the mobile Wi-Fi station to the second access point based on the decision.
A device comprising:
- a receiver,
- a transmitter,
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor with instructions, which when executed by the processor implement a method of switching a connection of a mobile Wi-Fi station from a first access point of a plurality of Wi-Fi access points to a second access point of the plurality of Wi-Fi access points, the method comprising:
- establishing a logic link between the station and a carrier of the station, on the basis of a comparison between a first position of the carrier and at least one value in relation to a signal transmitted by the station;
- and
- performing a switching decision whether to switch on the basis of a second position of the carrier;
- and
- maintaining the connection of the mobile Wi-Fi station to the first access point or switching the connection of the mobile Wi-Fi station to the second access point based on the decision.
A non-transitory computer readable information medium comprising instructions of a computer program stored thereon which when executed by a processor of a device configure the device to implement a method of switching a connection of a mobile Wi-Fi station from a first access point of a plurality of Wi-Fi access points to a second access point of the plurality of Wi-Fi access points, the method comprising:
- establishing a logic link between the station and a carrier of the station, on the basis of a comparison between a first position of the carrier and at least one value in relation to a signal transmitted by the station;
- performing a switching decision on the basis of a second position of the carrier;
- and
- maintaining the connection of the mobile Wi-Fi station to the first access point or switching the connection of the mobile Wi-Fi station to the second access point based on the decision.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.